[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 101 (Thursday, July 1, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H5327-H5330]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        RESTORATION OF EMERGENCY
                 UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ACT OF 2010

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule XIX, 
proceedings will resume on the bill (H.R. 5618) to continue Federal 
unemployment programs.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.


                           Motion to Recommit

  Mr. CAMP. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman opposed to the bill?
  Mr. CAMP. I am, in its present form.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion.
  The Clerk read as follows:
       Mr. Camp moves to recommit the bill, H.R. 5618, to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means, with instructions to report the 
     same back to the House forthwith, with the following 
     amendment:
       Redesignate section 6 as section 7 and insert after section 
     5 the following:

[[Page H5328]]

     SEC. 6. USE OF STIMULUS FUNDS TO OFFSET SPENDING.

       The unobligated balance of each amount appropriated or made 
     available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 
     2009 (Public Law 111-5) (other than under title X of division 
     A of such Act) is rescinded pro rata such that the aggregate 
     amount of such rescissions equals $34,000,000,000 in order to 
     offset the net increase in spending resulting from the 
     provisions of, and amendments made by, sections 2 and 3. The 
     Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall report 
     to each congressional committee the amounts so rescinded 
     within the jurisdiction of such committee.

  Mr. CAMP (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent 
to dispense with the reading of the motion.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Michigan?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I reserve a point of order on the gentleman's 
motion.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. A point of order is reserved.
  The gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Camp) is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. CAMP. Mr. Speaker, this motion to recommit on H.R. 5618 has a 
provision to pay for the extended unemployment benefits proposed in the 
underlying bill. We think it is important to help long-term unemployed 
people, and we want to do it without adding another $34 billion to the 
Nation's record $13 trillion debt.
  We know that the stimulus hasn't worked. In its wake, nearly 3 
million private-sector jobs were lost, unemployed soared to 10 percent 
nationwide, and 48 out of 50 States lost jobs. So this motion to 
recommit pays for the $34 billion in Federal unemployment costs by 
cutting that much in unspent stimulus spending.
  Only a portion of the $1 trillion stimulus has been paid out, $414 
billion as of June 18, as reported by the official Recovery Act Web 
site. That leaves hundreds of billions of dollars unspent and available 
to offset this bill.
  I would like to quote from the Statement of Administration Policy 
last November: ``Fiscal responsibility is central to the medium-term 
recovery of the economy and the creation of jobs. The administration 
therefore supports the fiscally responsible approach to expanding 
unemployment benefits embodied in the bill.''
  That statement was about the only one of the eight unemployment 
benefits extender bills so far that was actually paid for. But the same 
can and should be said about this motion. It is fiscally responsible, 
and it is central to the recovery of our economy and job creation.

                              {time}  1440

  I would also like to read a quote from Speaker Pelosi that appeared 
in Congress Daily AM on Monday. She said, ``I am hard-put to pass any 
more initiatives here unless there is some reasonable prospect of 
success on the Senate side.'' Well, there isn't a reasonable prospect 
of success on the Senate side unless we adopt this motion to recommit. 
Just last night, the Senate rejected the unpaid-for version of this 
bill. Rejecting this motion ensures this bill will die in the Senate 
and that hundreds of thousands of unemployed Americans will continue to 
go without their unemployment benefits.
  I urge all Members to join me in supporting this motion to recommit, 
which will help today's unemployed workers and improve the future for 
our children and grandchildren by not adding to our debt.
  With that, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the motion to 
recommit.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does the gentleman continue to reserve a 
point of order?
  Mr. LEVIN. I continue to reserve.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Levin) is 
recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. LEVIN. I want to say briefly, we have already debated this issue. 
This is not a germane amendment. Also what it is, is an effort to use 
emergency funds targeted to create jobs to fund emergency unemployment 
insurance. This is another excuse on the part of the minority that 
won't work.
  If we pass this, this bill will go over to the Senate. Hopefully, it 
will be their first order of business when they return. Mr. Speaker, 
1.7 million have already lost their unemployment insurance. It will be 
over that by several hundred thousand when they return.
  There's a reference here to jobs that are lost. I want to just 
quickly repeat what was said during the debate. During the 8 years of 
the Bush administration, there was a loss of 673,000 private sector 
jobs. And in the first 5 months of this administration, there has been 
a gain of 495,000 private sector jobs.
  We're aware. Not enough has been done. But compared to the Bush 
years, we have made some progress. And those who are still unemployed 
should not suffer because of the indifference of the minority. That's 
what this is all about.


                             Point of Order

  Mr. LEVIN. I now insist on my point of order that the gentleman's 
motion is not germane to this legislation.
  Mr. CAMP. Mr. Speaker I would like to be heard on the point of order.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Michigan.
  Mr. CAMP. Mr. Speaker, at a time of record deficits, it should always 
be germane to consider proposals to offset higher spending. And, in 
light of the Senate already rejecting an unpaid-for version of this 
bill just last night, I ask that the Speaker deny the point of order so 
we can pay for this bill and ensure that unemployed Americans do not 
continue to go without unemployment benefits.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Michigan makes a point of 
order that the instructions proposed in the motion to recommit offered 
by the gentleman from Michigan are not germane.
  One of the fundamental principles of germaneness is that an amendment 
must confine itself to matters addressed by the bill, and to matters 
that fall within the jurisdiction of the committees with jurisdiction 
over the bill.
  The bill, as amended, addresses the availability of certain benefits, 
restrictions on those benefits, and budgetary issues related thereto. 
Such subject matters do not fall within the jurisdiction of the 
Committee on Appropriations.
  The instructions proposed in the motion to recommit propose an 
amendment to rescind various unobligated funds contained in a prior 
appropriation Act. That subject matter falls within the jurisdiction of 
the Committee on Appropriations.
  By addressing a matter unrelated to the issues addressed in the bill, 
and within the jurisdiction of a committee not represented in the bill, 
the instructions propose an amendment that is not germane.
  The point of order is sustained. The motion is not in order.
  Mr. CAMP. Mr. Speaker, I appeal the ruling of the chair.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is, Shall the decision of the 
Chair stand as the judgment of the House?


                            Motion to Table

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I move to table the appeal of the ruling of 
the Chair.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to table.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.


                             Recorded Vote

  Mr. CAMP. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule 
XX, this 15-minute vote on the motion to table will be followed by a 5-
minute vote on passage of the bill if arising without further 
proceedings in recommittal.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 220, 
noes 196, not voting 16, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 422]

                               AYES--220

     Ackerman
     Adler (NJ)
     Andrews
     Baca
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Boccieri
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown, Corrine
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carson (IN)
     Castor (FL)
     Chandler
     Chu
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Critz
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (TN)
     DeGette

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     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Deutch
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Driehaus
     Edwards (MD)
     Edwards (TX)
     Ellison
     Ellsworth
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Frank (MA)
     Fudge
     Garamendi
     Gonzalez
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Hall (NY)
     Halvorson
     Hare
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Heinrich
     Higgins
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hodes
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson Lee (TX)
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kagen
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick (MI)
     Kilroy
     Kind
     Kissell
     Klein (FL)
     Kucinich
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lujan
     Lynch
     Maffei
     Maloney
     Markey (MA)
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McNerney
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Michaud
     Miller (NC)
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy (NY)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Nadler (NY)
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Perlmutter
     Perriello
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree (ME)
     Polis (CO)
     Pomeroy
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Richardson
     Ross
     Rothman (NJ)
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schauer
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sestak
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Sires
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Space
     Speier
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stupak
     Sutton
     Teague
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Titus
     Tonko
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch
     Wilson (OH)
     Wu
     Yarmuth

                               NOES--196

     Aderholt
     Akin
     Altmire
     Arcuri
     Austria
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Barrett (SC)
     Barton (TX)
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boozman
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Bright
     Broun (GA)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Cantor
     Cao
     Carney
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Castle
     Chaffetz
     Childers
     Coble
     Coffman (CO)
     Cole
     Conaway
     Connolly (VA)
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Dahlkemper
     Davis (KY)
     DeFazio
     Dent
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Djou
     Donnelly (IN)
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Ehlers
     Emerson
     Fallin
     Flake
     Fleming
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foster
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Giffords
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (MO)
     Griffith
     Guthrie
     Hall (TX)
     Harper
     Hastings (WA)
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Herseth Sandlin
     Hill
     Himes
     Hunter
     Inglis
     Issa
     Jenkins
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Jordan (OH)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Kirkpatrick (AZ)
     Kline (MN)
     Kosmas
     Kratovil
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Latta
     Lee (NY)
     Lewis (CA)
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Markey (CO)
     Marshall
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McCotter
     McHenry
     McKeon
     McMahon
     McMorris Rodgers
     Melancon
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Minnick
     Mitchell
     Moran (KS)
     Murphy, Tim
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Nunes
     Nye
     Olson
     Paul
     Paulsen
     Pence
     Petri
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe (TX)
     Posey
     Price (GA)
     Putnam
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Scalise
     Schmidt
     Schock
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Stearns
     Sullivan
     Tanner
     Taylor
     Terry
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Turner
     Upton
     Walden
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--16

     Alexander
     Bartlett
     Bishop (UT)
     Capito
     Gordon (TN)
     Gutierrez
     Herger
     Hoekstra
     Lewis (GA)
     Miller, George
     Payne
     Radanovich
     Rodriguez
     Wamp
     Woolsey
     Young (AK)


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Serrano) (during the vote). There are 2 
minutes remaining in this vote.

                              {time}  1503

  Messrs. CARNEY, TIBERI, and RYAN of Wisconsin changed their vote from 
``aye'' to ``no.''
  Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas and Messrs. EDWARDS of Texas and 
RUPPERSBERGER changed their vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the motion to table was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
  Stated against:
  Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 422 I was 
unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.''
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.


                             Recorded Vote

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 270, 
noes 153, not voting 10, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 423]

                               AYES--270

     Ackerman
     Adler (NJ)
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Boccieri
     Bono Mack
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown, Corrine
     Butterfield
     Cao
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Castle
     Castor (FL)
     Chandler
     Childers
     Chu
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly (VA)
     Conyers
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Critz
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Dahlkemper
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (TN)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dent
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donnelly (IN)
     Doyle
     Driehaus
     Edwards (MD)
     Edwards (TX)
     Ehlers
     Ellison
     Ellsworth
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Foster
     Frank (MA)
     Fudge
     Garamendi
     Gerlach
     Giffords
     Gonzalez
     Gordon (TN)
     Grayson
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Halvorson
     Hare
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Heinrich
     Heller
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hodes
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson Lee (TX)
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones
     Kagen
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick (MI)
     Kilroy
     Kind
     Kirkpatrick (AZ)
     Kissell
     Klein (FL)
     Kosmas
     Kratovil
     Kucinich
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     LaTourette
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lujan
     Lynch
     Maffei
     Maloney
     Manzullo
     Markey (MA)
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McCotter
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McMahon
     McNerney
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Michaud
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Mitchell
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy (NY)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murphy, Tim
     Nadler (NY)
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor (AZ)
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Perriello
     Peters
     Peterson
     Petri
     Pingree (ME)
     Platts
     Polis (CO)
     Pomeroy
     Posey
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Reichert
     Reyes
     Richardson
     Rogers (MI)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Ross
     Rothman (NJ)
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schauer
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sestak
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Sires
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Space
     Speier
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stupak
     Sutton
     Tanner
     Taylor
     Teague
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Titus
     Tonko
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Turner
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch
     Whitfield
     Wilson (OH)
     Wu
     Yarmuth
     Young (FL)

                               NOES--153

     Aderholt
     Akin
     Austria
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Baird
     Barrett (SC)
     Bartlett
     Barton (TX)
     Berry
     Biggert
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bonner
     Boozman
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Bright
     Broun (GA)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Cantor
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Chaffetz
     Coble
     Coffman (CO)
     Cole
     Conaway
     Cooper
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Davis (KY)
     Djou
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Emerson
     Fallin
     Flake
     Fleming
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gingrey (GA)

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     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (MO)
     Griffith
     Guthrie
     Hall (TX)
     Harper
     Hastings (WA)
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Hill
     Hunter
     Inglis
     Issa
     Jenkins
     Johnson, Sam
     Jordan (OH)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Kline (MN)
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Latham
     Latta
     Lee (NY)
     Lewis (CA)
     Linder
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Marchant
     Markey (CO)
     Marshall
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McMorris Rodgers
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Minnick
     Moran (KS)
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Nunes
     Nye
     Olson
     Paul
     Paulsen
     Pence
     Pitts
     Poe (TX)
     Price (GA)
     Putnam
     Rehberg
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rohrabacher
     Rooney
     Roskam
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Scalise
     Schmidt
     Schock
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (TX)
     Stearns
     Sullivan
     Terry
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Walden
     Westmoreland
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Wolf

                             NOT VOTING--10

     Alexander
     Bishop (UT)
     Capito
     Hoekstra
     Payne
     Radanovich
     Rodriguez
     Wamp
     Woolsey
     Young (AK)

                              {time}  1527

  So the bill was passed.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

                          ____________________